BILL NUMBER: ACR 175	CHAPTERED  09/18/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   144
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 24, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campbell
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Ashburn, Baldwin, Bates, Battin,
Bock, Cox, House, Kaloogian, Leach, Machado, Maddox, Margett, Oller,
Robert Pacheco, Pescetti, Runner, Strickland, Wright, and Zettel)
   (Coauthors: Senators Brulte, Costa, Karnette, Knight, Leslie,
Lewis, Monteith, Morrow, and Solis)

                        AUGUST 7, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 175--Relative to honoring the
family.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 175, Campbell.  California Family Month.
   This measure would recognize November 2000 as California Family
Month.




   WHEREAS, The family unit plays a key role in establishing a
foundation of values and morality in individuals, and, consequently,
in developing responsible citizens; and
   WHEREAS, It is within the family that individuals, as family
members, learn right from wrong, and learn how to be kind to others
and how to love one another; and
   WHEREAS, The family is our most important social institution; and
   WHEREAS, Today's society is at risk of abandoning the heritage
that was passed on to us by our parents, resulting in the breakdown
of the family and in cultural decline; and
   WHEREAS, It is becoming increasingly difficult for families to
impart standards of ethical behavior to their children and to pass on
a cultural heritage for the benefit of humanity; and
   WHEREAS, The President of the United States of America and the
United States Congress have traditionally declared a week in November
as National Family Week; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, and
children be encouraged to join together as a family to protect and
nurture each other to ensure the tremendous blessings that are a
result of having a family; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature commends the mothers, fathers,
sons, and daughters that have shown the discipline necessary to
preserve a code of moral and ethical behavior by maintaining strong
families; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature directs the attention of the public
to the positive contributions to the people of California by the
family unit; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes the month of November
2000 as California Family Month; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
